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Consent agenda — Approved
Motion: Approve the consent agenda, including the February meeting minutes, financial report, personnel and LEA license items, and a Utah High School Athletic Association 150-mile request.
Mover: Member Sigmiller. Second: Member Cox. Outcome: Approved by voice vote; no recorded roll-call tally in the transcript.

Math curriculum adoption, K–6 — Tabled
Motion: Table item 1 (math curriculum adoption for grades K–6).
Mover: Member Cox. Second: Member Staley. Outcome: Motion to table adopted by voice vote.

Cell tower at CT High — Request for further information (motion carried)
Motion: Move forward to gather additional information on leasing district property for a cellular tower at CT High (district staff described current offers of about $1,700 per month and desire to match rates from other sites in the district).
Mover: Member Wade. Second: Member Cox. Outcome: Motion carried by voice vote; staff directed to gather additional information and report back.

Insurance renewal and plan changes — Approved
Motion: Accept the insurance renewal and plan changes as presented (committee recommended changes including employee premium-share increases and plan-design adjustments producing an overall estimated increase of about 10.1%).
Mover: Member Seguinl. Second: Member Wade. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

Notes: The meeting transcript records voice votes with “aye” responses; no roll-call tallies or recorded no/abstain votes were provided for these items in the transcript. The insurance approval included numerical plan examples and implementation tasks for Human Resources to complete prior to the 2025–26 plan year.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Open Session – 3/3/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its March 3 meeting the Washington County School District board approved the consent agenda, tabled the K–6 math curriculum adoption, authorized staff to gather additional information on a proposed cell tower at CT High, and approved the insurance renewal package.","taxTitle","Washington County School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",65999,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653127,"Principals highlight student supports and school culture; district and association honor educators",635,262000,897000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2485484-f21b01ae5c5ba187d49cd06a1327fa6c&start=262&end=897","/articles/6653127/Utah/Principals-highlight-student-supports-and-school-culture-district-and-association-honor-educators","At its March meeting, the Washington County School District board heard presentations from school leaders about programs and practices intended to strengthen school culture and student supports.

Kristen Brown, principal of Hurricane Elementary School, described the school’s focus on individualized student supports and community. Brown said staff sometimes provide direct assistance such as washing students’ clothing and backpacks, mentoring programs that pair older and younger students, and a “WIN time” intervention that ensures every small-group student is working with a teacher rather than a computer. Brown reported midyear growth measures showing 77% of students at typical or above growth in math and a 4% increase in Acadience reading proficiency so far this year.

Desert Hills Middle School Principal Ron Sharp described schoolwide emphasis on collaboration and caring. Sharp described a distributed leadership team that includes administrators, counselors, PLC teacher leads and support staff, and he highlighted programs such as a weekly recognition award (students meeting attendance, behavior and grade criteria receive local-business gift cards) and a “Hope Squad” peer-support program focused on kindness, bullying prevention and suicide-prevention awareness. Sharp said the school runs monthly homeroom presentations and sends content home to parents to reinforce lessons taught at school. Sharp also described “heroes of the week” recognition for nonacademic acts of service and noted a display recognizing those students.

The board also heard an awards presentation from the Washington County Education Association. The association’s vice president, Dr. Jake Shoemake, announced Public Service Hero Awards and presented honors to Mikayla Bambro, a language-arts teacher at Desert Hills Middle School, and Valerie (Val) Scott, a behavior specialist at Hurricane Elementary. Teachers, parents and students spoke in support: a fourth-grade student described how a customized schedule and supports developed by the behavior specialist helped him remain engaged in school.

A PTA council representative outlined activities across seven member schools (Crimson View, Horizon, Majestic Fields, South Mesa, Washington Fields Intermediate, Crimson Cliffs Middle and Crimson Cliffs High). Reported activities included a STEM-focused egg-drop fundraiser, kindness-week cereal drives that collected more than 300 boxes for a local food program, Lexia purchases for teachers, student dances and monthly lunchtime events at the high school. The PTA representative said the groups support classroom grants, teacher-appreciation events and family engagement efforts.

Board members thanked principals, educators, students and PTA volunteers for community work described during the presentations.","Principals from Hurricane Elementary and Desert Hills Middle highlighted community, academic gains and social supports during the board's “What's Right” segment. The district and the Washington County Education Association presented Public Service Hero Awards to two educators and PTA council leaders outlined local programs.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653131,"Board holds public hearing on 2025–26 school spending plans and school fee schedules; House Bill 344 shapes fees",89,97000,186000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2485484-f21b01ae5c5ba187d49cd06a1327fa6c&start=97&end=186","/articles/6653131/Utah/Board-holds-public-hearing-on-202526-school-spending-plans-and-school-fee-schedules-House-Bill-344-shapes-fees","The Washington County School District Board of Education opened and closed a public hearing on the district’s 2025–26 school spending plans and school fee schedules after no members of the public requested to speak.

District staff told the board that House Bill 344 had passed both chambers and been sent to the governor, and that the district expected to use the “proposed change version 2” of the fee schedule available on the district’s website. Staff summarized the bill’s effect: it “more clearly defined what you can charge a fee for and what you can't charge a fee for,” listing five types of high-school courses that count toward graduation for which fees cannot be charged — courses that count toward an English, math, science, history or health credit. Staff said elective classes, including many arts and some career-and-technical-education courses, remain eligible for school fees under the new language.

The board asked no substantive follow-up questions and closed the hearing. No public comments were recorded.","The board held a public hearing on the 2025–26 school spend plans and fee schedules and discussed House Bill 344, which clarifies what schools may charge fees for; no members of the public spoke at the hearing.",{"_33":96,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":97,"_41":98,"_43":99,"_45":100,"_47":101,"_49":50,"_51":102,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":103,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":104,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653136,"Board reviews proposed paid parental and postpartum leave policy; 30-day public notice set",368,2988000,3356000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2485484-f21b01ae5c5ba187d49cd06a1327fa6c&start=2988&end=3356","/articles/6653136/Utah/Board-reviews-proposed-paid-parental-and-postpartum-leave-policy-30-day-public-notice-set","The Washington County School District Board of Education discussed a proposed paid parental and postpartum leave policy, identified in the packet as Policy 13.31, and agreed to publish it for a 30-day public-notice period before returning the item for possible action in April.

District staff explained the policy was drafted to implement recent state requirements extending paid leave protections to local education agencies. Under the proposed language, a new parent — including adoptive, foster or guardianship placements — would be eligible for three weeks of paid parental leave that must be taken within six months of the child’s arrival. A birthing employee would receive an additional three weeks of postpartum recovery leave that begins the day after delivery, for a total of up to six weeks of paid leave for the birthing parent.

Staff told the board the proposed parental/postpartum leave would run concurrently with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and that employees who do not yet qualify for FMLA (for example, employees in their first year) would nonetheless receive the same job-protected paid leave under the proposed policy. The policy also includes nursing-mother accommodations, and the district would require the same medical certification typically used for FMLA requests. The proposal limits use of the paid leave to once in a rolling 12-month period.

Board members asked clarifying questions about timing and fiscal impact. Staff said prior significant plan or leave-design changes dated to 2017 and that the fiscal impact for the parental leave policy could not be estimated precisely without knowing whether the policy would change employee behavior (for example, timing of births). The superintendent and staff committed to publishing the proposed policy for public comment and to bringing a finalized recommendation back to the board at the April meeting.

No formal vote was taken on Policy 13.31 at the March meeting; the board voted to post the policy for the required 30-day notice and to schedule the item for the subsequent meeting.","Board heard discussion of Policy 13.31, which would provide three weeks paid parental leave and an additional three weeks postpartum recovery for birthing employees; the board set a 30-day public notice period and will revisit the policy in April.",{"_33":106,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":107,"_41":108,"_43":109,"_45":110,"_47":111,"_49":50,"_51":112,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":113,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":114,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653141,"School board approves insurance renewal with roughly 10% premium increase for 2025–26",327,2247000,2574000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2485484-f21b01ae5c5ba187d49cd06a1327fa6c&start=2247&end=2574","/articles/6653141/Utah/School-board-approves-insurance-renewal-with-roughly-10-premium-increase-for-202526","The Washington County School District Board of Education voted to approve insurance plan changes and premium increases for the 2025–26 plan year after a recommendation from the district's insurance committee.

The insurance committee presented a package that included administrative fee increases, a recommendation to raise dental reserves by 6% (estimated to equal about $150,000) and plan design and premium-share changes that together produced an overall district increase of about 10.1% for medical benefits. Tamara, speaking on behalf of the insurance committee, told the board the committee recommended raising employee contributions for the high-deductible plan from 3.4% to 5% and for the traditional plan from 13% to 15% of premium costs while the district would cover 95% of the high-deductible premium and 85% of the traditional premium.

The committee reported modest per-employee administrative increases: the medical admin fee was presented as rising from $38.54 to $39.64 per employee (roughly $1.10 per month) and small increases to certain optional accounts' service fees (for example, the National Benefit Services flex spending fee rising from $28.20 to $28.80 annually). The committee also noted projections from their consultant that claim-cost-driven premium pressure would fall in a range between about 11.7% and 13.2% absent design or funding changes.

Under the recommended changes the employee monthly contributions presented for full-time staff were approximately: high-deductible plan — $33 single, $74 employee-plus-one, $105 family; traditional plan — roughly $115 single, $250 employee-plus-one, $365 family when modeled on the 10.1% scenario. The district staff also noted the HSA employer contribution structure would remain unchanged: the district contributes $80 regardless of employee contribution, with an additional $20 match if the employee contributes at least $20. The committee highlighted local network arrangements intended to lower utilization costs, including use of the Coral Desert Surgical Center and relationships with Revere Clinic for lower-cost imaging and specialty services.

Board members thanked the committee and consultants for work to contain cost growth while preserving coverage. Brent, identified in the meeting as the superintendent, said the district could not yet estimate long-term fiscal impact because employee behavior (for example, timing of births) could change how much leave and claims are used in any year.

The board approved the insurance renewal motion by voice vote with no recorded aye/nay roll call. The motion followed a recommendation from the insurance committee and a motion to approve as presented.","The Washington County School District board approved recommended plan changes and employer/employee premium splits for 2025–26 after the insurance committee proposed adjustments intended to limit overall cost growth to about 10.1%.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: consent agenda approved; math curriculum tabled; cell-tower info requested; insurance renewal approved

Principals highlight student supports and school culture; district and association honor educators

Board holds public hearing on 2025–26 school spending plans and school fee schedules; House Bill 344 shapes fees

Board reviews proposed paid parental and postpartum leave policy; 30-day public notice set

School board approves insurance renewal with roughly 10% premium increase for 2025–26